The Maker Schedule Update

A while back I announced an attempt at changing around my schedule. Specifically I was hoping to take advantage of the idea of “Maker Time”, a focused block of time without breaks when I would work on a single project.

The Poverty of Time

In his groundbreaking work on the psychological implications of poverty, Sendhil Mullainathan found evidence that many lawmakers and social critics were mixing up cause and effect. Namely, it wasn’t necessarily that people were poor because of bad decisions or a lack of intelligence. No…

How to Sleep Better, or, The Economics of Blogging

I mentioned in a past post that I really need to work on my practice of sleeping.

Later I got a very friendly email from a bloke named Wally, telling me that he had read the article, liked it, and thought that you…

Practicing Exceptional Integrity

Let’s say you volunteer to be part of a study. It’s pretty simple; you’re told that you’ve been…

Love and Suicide

“Shared pain is lessened.
Shared joy is increased.
Thus we refute entropy.”

- Spider Robinson

This is not going to be a very happy “Love” post.

The Key to a Confident Life

Remember when I was talking about how we all are part of our own narrative? About how we can write our own stories, and live our lives with a perspective of our own choosing — being the hero, the victim, the villain, even the comic relief if we want?

Antifragile Love

“Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness.
The resilient resists shocks and stays the same;
the antifragile gets better.”
- Nasim Taleb

“We’ll Get Through This.”

Weekend Roundup for May 11–15, 2015

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Hand Signals for Better Discussions

A while back I mentioned the “Occupy Hand Signals” that I’d experienced during a Lean Coffee workshop. If you are a bit skeptical about it — as I was in the beginning — here’s a quick test-run you can do:

At the beginning of the…

“wan­der­ers, dream­ers, and lovers”

I hate to break it to you, but I haven’t got it figured out. I know you come to this blog to read pearls of wisdom to help you find your way to happiness and contentedness and better, whiter, teeth or at least wider smiles, but I’m afraid there’s very little of…

Mythbusting Self-Reliance

This morning I went out to my bicycle with a small set of tools because I had some adjustments to make.

I turned the high screw on the front derailleur a turn and a half to the right. I lifted the seat about 3/4 of an inch higher. I checked the tension on…